5.1 Installing Oracle Components from the CD-ROMs

Oracle Collaboration Suite includes CD-ROMs for installing the following products:

Oracle9iAS Infrastructure

Oracle Collaboration Suite information storage

Oracle Collaboration Suite

Oracle Collaboration Suite Clients

The Oracle CD-ROMs are in ISO 9660 format with Rockridge extensions. You can either choose to install directly from the CD-ROMs, or copy the CD-ROM contents and then install from your system hard drive. You must complete the procedures required for the installation method you choose before starting Oracle Universal Installer.

For operating systems that do not support automatic mounting of CD-ROMs, the CD-ROMs must be mounted manually. You must have root privileges to mount or unmount a CD-ROM. Be sure to unmount a CD-ROM before removing it from the drive.

Mount disk 1 to begin the installation. Mount the subsequent disk or disks when prompted to do so. Perform the following steps to mount the CD-ROM manually:

Place CD-ROM disk 1 into the CD-ROM drive.

Log in as the root user and create a CD-ROM mount point directory, if one does not already exist, by using the following commands:

$ su root
# mkdir cdrom_mount_point_directory

Use the following command to determine the device_name:

# ls /dev/disk/cdrom*c

The command should return the following line:

/dev/disk/cdrom0c

Mount the CD-ROM drive on the mount point directory, then exit the root account by using the following commands:

5.1.1 Mounting Subsequent CD-ROMs

If you run the Oracle Universal Installer while the current working directory is in the CD-ROM, perform the following steps to mount the next CD-ROM:

Change directory to the root directory of the system, and log in as the root user using the following commands:

$ cd /
$ su root

Unmount the CD-ROM by using the following command:

# umount cdrom_mount_point_directory

Remove the CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.

Insert and mount the next CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive by using the following command:

Enter the correct mount point in the installation dialog box of the Oracle Universal Installer.

Click OK to continue.

5.2 Installing Oracle Components from a Hard Drive

You can avoid the need to mount and unmount CD-ROMs during installation by copying the contents of each CD-ROM to your system hard drive. You must have a file system that is not in use by other applications and enough disk space available.

Copy each CD-ROM to your system hard drive under a directory named Disk1 for the first CD-ROM, a directory named Disk2 for the second CD-ROM, and so on (depending upon the number of the CD-ROM in the sequence of disks that comprises the set).

Start Oracle Universal Installer. Oracle Universal Installer automatically finds the contents of each CD-ROM and does not prompt for the location of any CD-ROM during the course of the installation.

5.3.2 oraInventory Directory and Installation Session Log Files

Oracle Universal Installer creates the oraInventory directory the first time it is run on a computer. The oraInventory directory keeps an inventory of products that Oracle Universal Installer installs on your computer, as well as other installation information. If you have previously installed Oracle products, then you may already have an oraInventory directory.

where your_base_directory identifier is the location for your installation files and todays_date_time is the date and time of installation.

Do not delete or manually alter the oraInventory directory or its contents. Doing so can prevent Oracle Universal Installer from locating products that you have installed on your system.

Note:

The make.log file in the $ORACLE_HOME/install directory contains a log of every make file action executed during the installation process. The make.log file also records any link errors during installation. Do not delete or alter the make.log file.

5.4 Starting Oracle Universal Installer

Caution:

Oracle Universal Installer automatically installs the Oracle-supplied version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). This version is required to run Oracle Universal Installer and several Oracle assistants. Do not modify the JRE except by using a patch provided by Oracle Support Services.

Print and complete the installation checklists in Appendix B, "Installation Checklists" for each installation. Many of the values are needed to complete the other installations and configurations.

Log in as the oracle user.

Notes:

Ensure that you are not logged in as the root user when you start Oracle Universal Installer. If you are, then only the root user has permissions to manage Oracle Collaboration Suite.

Do not use cd_mount_point as your working directory when you start Oracle Universal Installer. If you do, then you cannot eject the first CD-ROM during the installation step to insert the second CD-ROM.

Oracle recommends using the same operating system user account when installing and configuring additional Oracle Collaboration Suite applications on the same host.

Insert the first CD-ROM of the appropriate installation into the CD-ROM drive.

Run one of the runInstaller commands listed in the following table, depending on the product you are installing. Be sure to run the command from a directory other than $cd_mount_point_directory.

To install this product...

Enter this command...

Oracle9iAS Infrastructure

$cd_mount_point_directory/ocs_infr_cd1/runInstaller

Oracle Collaboration Suite

$cd_mount_point_directory/ocs_mt_cd1/runInstaller

Oracle Collaboration Suite information storage

$cd_mount_point_directory/ocs_stor_cd1/runInstaller

Oracle Collaboration Suite Client

$cd_mount_point_directory/ocs_clients/runInstaller

The Welcome screen displays. Click Next to display the Specify Inventory Location screen.

Note:

If you install Oracle Collaboration Suite information storage on a cluster, the Cluster Node Selection screen appears. Select the nodes on which you want to install the Oracle software. Real Application Clusters software is installed on the node from which Oracle Universal Installer is run and copied to the other selected nodes in the cluster. The local node is always selected by default.

Do not install Oracle9iAS Infrastructure or Oracle Collaboration Suite on a cluster. Only Oracle Collaboration Suite Information Storage can be installed on a cluster.